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of Rritifh v% T gh i° Q the llfch a lar g e Sw h?5 i? 1 \ f ° r , the Ac °Kmati«tion Society, *SXJ3i , bw " tr » DB . bi PP«d ** Wellington from the Gertrude. They include blackbird, pheasants hnnets, thrushes and chaffinches, vrith some Cape p.geon 8 , and only one skylark. A considerable number of the birds died ou the pBBBftp 888ft g c bSweea L<mdot.,nd Plymouth, but those which arrived fat 'of Mr G £ arlesto " H t mld belierea ifc i8 the in 'ention mJriio^""^towqMrtthe General Governmentto appoint a commission to inquire into the circumstances attending the disturbances at AddiTh a VZt^ 8 A° Ondao } in Oonnec «on with the same. The .ffemZrf dots oofc ccc the necessity for the step. The majority of peaceably disposed and thinking Kvn n Sv oV< l S° Ucy * d °P ted Mr Kynnersly -, these are well aware what the effect of a totally opposite line of oonducfc would have been upon unmtelhgent and reckless individuals, and fully recognise the important services rendered by but kkss as- to the proviace of Neison ' An accident of a lerious nature occurred at Waimea West on June 6 to Roberc Boddington, a member of the Waimea Volunteer Company. A moonlight parade had been held on that eVening, .nd, af?er the Company had been dismissed, several of the member* US? if T lng *? theirhoQ »es, were in a larking way firing blank cartridges. One of these, through carebSSCU" 1 ° f the mn who firedf struck Eft? inflicting a ssvere wound in the back. tfe£ n? JiS* r M B ?° rtly in * tte^*nce. Several h«t fh ° „ ;•? bave been temo^d from the wound, but the cartndge paper had not been extracted. A strict inquiry has been instituted by the captain of the company, and it has been satisfactorily proved Xl,?' 1 " 6 ?^' 111^ accidental, although those who caused it cannot be acquitted of gross c»relessne fB Fines to the full extent allowed by aflV infll °ted on all concerned in the unfortunate